Why Some Girls Drop Out of Secondary School Despite Conditional Cash Transfers: A Mixed Method Analysis

Rath, Sambit; Wadhwa, S.

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“…Bastagli et al (2016), however, identified that whilst CTs enhanced school attendance, they had little effect on learning outcomes. Rath and Wadhwa (2017) also found that girls dropped out of school despite the provision of CTs. It is therefore imperative for CTs to be linked to other services that will promote effective learning outcomes for children of beneficiaries.…”

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Eradicating extreme poverty in Africa through productive inclusion: A comparative assessment of two social protection programmes in Ghana

Amofa

Owusu

Bawole

et al. 2022

International Review of Administrative Sciences

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Ghana has experimented with two social protection programmes: the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, and the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) pilot project aimed at reducing extreme poverty and enhancing the standard of living of beneficiaries. This study comparatively assessed how the LEAP programme and the JSDF-LEAP project have contributed to improving the standard of living of beneficiaries. A sample of 167 respondents, comprising 81 LEAP households, 82 JSDF-LEAP beneficiaries and four District Social Welfare Officers took part in the study. The study findings suggest that cash transfers alone such as the LEAP programme may not yield significant improvement in the standard of living of the extremely poor without complementary programmes such as the JSDF-LEAP project to address the livelihood and other socio-economic challenges that they encounter. The study recommends a holistic approach to tackling extreme poverty through ‘cash plus’ programmes. Points for practitioners The findings of this study highlight the need for public administration practitioners involved in poverty eradication programmes to pursue a simultaneous design involving the implementation of both cash transfers and productive inclusion programmes as the preferred strategy for improving the standard of living of the extremely poor. Moreover, this research has also revealed that for social protection programmes to be successfully implemented, carefully designed systems and structures must be put in place at the national level, through the regional, district and community levels at the design and implementation phases of such interventions.

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Eradicating extreme poverty in Africa through productive inclusion: A comparative assessment of two social protection programmes in Ghana

Amofa

Owusu

Bawole

et al. 2022

International Review of Administrative Sciences

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“…The question is raised for reasons that are either referenced to or hinted at within the subsequent articles in this issue that analyse development schemes targeting child nutrition (Dehury & Samal, 2017), education (Rath & Wadhwa, 2017) and health (Chatterjee & Dehury, 2017) in India, and because of the loud thinking taking place in public fora in India about the utility and feasibility of coalescing federal (general) and state level elections into a single event.…”

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John

Khan

2017

Journal of Development Policy and Practice

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The 1st editorial for the Journal of Development Policy and Practice opened with the statement 'Development is experienced by individuals, communities and nations as physical, mental and social well-being within hospitable environments' (John & Khan, 2016). In this 4th issue, we begin with an article that addresses a core mechanism of encouraging development and change within democratic frameworks: that of elections, and the reasons why policies that encourage development, and the perception and experience of well-being tend to get voted affirmatively (Chakraborty & Mukherjee, 2017). Separately, and with the caveat that free and fair elections are a significant but not sole indicator of democracy, the question we pose is whether development definitions and processes are skewed in favour of those with means, both physical and political, thereby setting individuals and communities less privileged on a flat or downward development trajectory. The question is raised for reasons that are either referenced to or hinted at within the subsequent articles in this issue that analyse development schemes targeting child nutrition (Dehury & Samal, 2017), education (Rath & Wadhwa, 2017) and health (Chatterjee & Dehury, 2017) in India, and because of the loud thinking taking place in public fora in India about the utility and feasibility of coalescing federal (general) and state level elections into a single event. Political leadership for development, and consequent administrative actions experienced at individual and community levels, needs electoral space for responses. Such locally relevant leadership and programmatic responses to secure development outcomes need to be recognised and rewarded and can get overshadowed, when juxtaposed against larger national issues such as territorial integrity and prestige. This can lead to a reduction and conflation of electoral choices in favour of the national rather than the local, thereby accentuating the influence of those with means, while leaving others less enabled on flat or regressive development trajectories. A consequence of marginalisation in the enjoyment of well-being, and perhaps less political say, is migration of the relatively more skilled or able bodied among them, and the remittance home by these migrants to support the needs and aspirations of kin left behind (Mahapatro, 2017). This issue of the journal also comes out when the World Health Assembly has, in an unprecedented manner at its 70th annual gathering, elected a new director general. This has been the first time that all member states had an equal vote in the election. Similar stirrings for openness and democratic process were experienced

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Barriers, opportunities, and enablers to educate girls from Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs): A systematic review of literature

Thamminaina

Kanungo

Mohanty

2020

Children and Youth Services Review

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Why Some Girls Drop Out of Secondary School Despite Conditional Cash Transfers: A Mixed Method Analysis

Cited by 4 publications

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Eradicating extreme poverty in Africa through productive inclusion: A comparative assessment of two social protection programmes in Ghana

Eradicating extreme poverty in Africa through productive inclusion: A comparative assessment of two social protection programmes in Ghana

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Barriers, opportunities, and enablers to educate girls from Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs): A systematic review of literature

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